permaculture

[Sean Maley <semaley@yahoo.com>]

--- Andrew Fischer <afischer@jeffnet.org> wrote:
> Hi Everyone-
>  
> I was wondering if anyone has extensive experience with using hybrid poplars
> in permaculture designs. I live in Southern Oregon and have been working as
> a consultant on a farm where they have been used and revered as a miracle
> tree since they grow 10-15 feet a year. From my perspective they seem to be
> good for fast growth and biomass but my instinct says there is a down side
> to them. They are mainly being used as nurse trees and windbreaks with the
> possibility of use as biomass for compost. My thinking is that there are
> other fast growing trees that are more useful than poplars in the long run
> perhaps mulberries or even paulonias. 
>  
> Are hybrid poplars suckering and can they be coppiced?
>  
> A. Fischer

Somebody I know doing this in upstate NY:

  http://www.oneaccordfoodpantry.org/greenenergy.htm

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